Female inmates in a prison in Brazil came out in their numbers to contest for the title of Miss criminal 2015 in the prison beauty contest.
Contestants at the Miss Criminal pageant
The annual Miss Criminal 2015 pageant was held at the Talavera Bruce women’s prison in Rio de Janeiro and was won by a woman serving 39 years for robbery.
This year's winner was Michelle Neri Rangel, 27. She has been behind bars since 2010, when she was sentenced to 39 years for robbery - with an additional six years added on for prostitution inside the prison.
The women try on different dresses, have their makeup and hair styled by volunteers and even perform catwalk poses in the Miss World-style contest.
According to Brazil's Ministry of Justice, the number of imprisoned females in the country rose 567 percent from 2000 to 2014.
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